Art Appreciation
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Art Appreciation Books & Ephemera
Sculpture in Canada: A History
by Tippett, Maria
Madiera Park, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 2018. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 272pp w bibliography, endnotes, index. Colour photo illustrated. Black endpapers. Black cloth w fine silver lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Quarto: 287 x 230mm.
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A$45.91
Seladon im Augenmerk: Jadegleiche Porzellane und ihre Meister in Longquan, VR China
by Mertens, Anette; Flitsch, Mareile
Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2020. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 240pp. Illust w colour photographs. Pale green endpapers. Photo illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Quarto: 285 x 228mm. German language text. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich, 24 November 2019 - 20 September 2020.
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A$57.39
Shunga: The Art of Love in Japan
by Evans, Tom; Evans, Mary Anne
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Paddington Press / Bookthrift, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285pp. Illust. Textured light brown boards w blindstamp lettering on cover, red lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Oblong quarto: 22 x 29cm. Originally published by Paddington Press, (1979), this is a reprint edition is distributed by Bookthrift, stated.
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A$34.43
Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family: A Catalogue Raisonne
by Bohlin, Diane Degrazia: National Gallery of Art (Washington)
Bloomington, IN, USA: Indiana University Press, 1979. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 533pp w concordances and index. Figures and reproductions. Illustrated endpapers. Errata slip laid in. Burgundy cloth, burgundy quarterwrap spine w crisp gold lettering in black title panel to spine. Minor bumping to corners, no edgewear. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows small smudge near top edge, small wear to top back edge. Quarto: 285 x...
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A$132.00
Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures
by Baxandall, Michael
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1989. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 148, [32]pp (63 bw plates). Bibliography and index. Figures in text, four unpaginated colour plates, Colour illustrated wrapper is clean, showing very light handling. Binding is sound, not creased. Octavo. First published 1985, this is the fourth printing, 1989, stated.
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A$28.69
The Impressionists (The Universal History of Painting)
by Cogniat, Raymond; Terrasse, Antoine
Geneva, Switzerland: Editions Ferni, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 310pp w appendix, bibliography, index and table of reproductions. Illust w colour plates and bw pictures in text. Brown endpapers. Gold ribbon place-marker intact. Brown boards w illustration tipped on, as published, gold lettering and borders to cover, gold lettering to spine No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Quarto: 294 x 213mm.
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A$28.69
Gaston Lachaise: The Man and His Work
by Nordland, Gerald
New York, NY, U.S.A.: George Braziller, 1974. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. viii, 184pp w endnotes and bibliography. Illust w bw photos. Photo illustrated yellow wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small quarto: 254 x 180mm
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A$26.40
Starke Manner Schone Frauen: Die Geschichte des Aktes
by Poeschel, Sabine
Darmstadt, Germany: WBG (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft), 2014. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 160pp. Colour photos, colour reproductions. Colour illustrated boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Quarto: 296 x 228mm. From the series, Besondere wissenschaftliche Reihe. German language text.
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A$28.69
Discovered Land, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American West
by Prown, Jules David; Anderson, Nancy K.; Cronon, William; Dippie, Brian W.; Sandweiss, Martha A.; Schoelwer, Susan P.; Lamar, Howard R
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 217pp w endnotes and index. 152 reproductions of art from the exhibition. Grey endpapers. Blue cloth w fine black lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Octavo: 250 x 227mm. Published to accompany the exhibition by the same name, which was shown at the...
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A$34.43
Arch
by Goldsworthy, Andy; Craig, David
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80pp. Colour photos. Gift inscription inked to top corner half-title page. Mapped endpapers. Light grey boards w crisp black lettering to spine. No wear to covers, bumping to tail. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Small octavo: 200 x 180mm.
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A$22.96
Turner
by Rothenstein, John; Butlin, Martin
London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1964. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ix, 94pp w biographical notes, bibliography, indices. 24 colour plates tipped in, have been collated to index. 128 indexed, unpaginated monochrome plates. Small adhesive residue to top and bottom edges of endpapers. Green cloth w goldstamp facsimile of Turner signature to front cover, gold lettering to spine. Light shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding square and sound. No....
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A$24.10
Chinoiserie: The impact of oriental styles on Western art and decoration
by Impey, O. R
London, England: Oxford University Press, 1977. First U.K. Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp w bibliography and index. bw photos and repros in text, unpaginated colour photo plates. Black endpapers. Red cloth w crisp gold lettering to spine. No edgewear, light bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean showing corresponding bumping to corners, very small scuff to head and tail,...
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A$40.17
Barker Fairley Portraits
by Fairley, Barker; Dault, Gary Michael (ed)
Toronto, ON, Canada: Methuen, 1981. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 107pp w bibliography. Fifty-one full-page colour portraits by the artist. Dark brown endpapers. Dark brown cloth w gold lettering on cover and spine. Light surface scuff to tail and bottom corners. Binding square and sound. Titled DJ shows light handling, bumping to head and tail. Quarto: 31.5 x 24cm.
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A$34.43
Modern Art Movements (Spring Art Books)
by Copplestone, Trewin
London, England: Spring Books, 1963. First U.K. Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 42pp. Fifty-four indexed unpaginated colour plates, three indexed bw illustrations. Black cloth w gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ shows moderate handling, light edgewear, small surface scuff near top front corner. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Quarto: 275 x 243mm. From the...
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A$24.10
The European Iceberg: Creativity in Germany and Italy Today
by Celant, Germano
Toronto, ON, Canada: Art Gallery of Ontario / Mazzotta, 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372pp w appendices. Colour and bw photographs, and reproductions. Titled wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and sound, showing soft vertical creasing. Near-square octavo: 242 x 222mm. Based on an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Ontario, (Toronto, ON), February 8 - April 7, 1985, curated by Germano Celant (1940-2020).
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A$22.96
Sky Painter: The Story of Robert Newton Hurley
by Swanson, Jean
Saskatoon, SK, Canada: Western Producer Book Service, 1973. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. viii, 137pp, [32pp] (colour plates), [6pp] (index). Twenty-six indexed bw illustrations in text. Illustrated endpapers. Med blue cloth w dark blue lettering on cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean showing bumping to top front edge, 1cm vertical tear to front bottom edge, neatly...
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A$24.10
Krieghoff
by Harper, J. Russell
Etobicoke, ON, Canada: Prospero Books, 1999. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 204pp w index. 164 indexed plates illustrating Krieghoff's work. Blue boards w gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Near-square quarto - 252 x 255cm. Originally published in 1979 by University of Toronto Press, this is the first printing of the Prospero reprint edition. The...
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A$28.69
An Essay on Prints
by Gilpin, William
Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA: Gale ECCO Print Editions, 2010. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii,[3],174,xi,[1]pp. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo: 248 x 192mm. Facsimile reproduction of the fourth edition originally published by R. Blamire, (London, 1792). From the Gale ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) print editions series.
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A$22.96
Charming the Bones: A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert
by Brimacombe Elliot, Ann
Kent, Ohio, USA: The Kent State University Press, 2000. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 236pp w bibliography and index. bw photos, ports. and reproductions in text. Light brown endpapers. Black cloth w crisp gold lettering to spine. No edgewear, light bumping to top front corner. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo.
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A$22.96
Freer: A Legacy of Art
by Lawton, Thomas; Merrill, Linda
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Freer Galley of Art, Smithsonian Institution / Harry N. Abrams, 1993. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 272pp w endnotes, bibliography and index. Colour and bw photos, reproductions. Tan flyleaves. Illustrated wrapper w French flaps is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small quarto: 255 x 230mm.
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A$28.69
Titian: The Last Days
by Hudson, Mark
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker and Company, 2010. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 304pp w index. One unpaginated section of colour plates. Black boards w find gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo.
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A$22.96
Art and Answerability: Early Philosophical Essays
by Bakhtin, M. M.; Holquist, Michael; Liapunov, Vadim (eds)
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1990. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xlix, 332pp w index. Illustrated wrapper is clean showing slight surface scuff. Binding square and not creased. From the University of Texas Press Slavic Series, edited by Michael Holquist and Vadim Liapunov, translation by Liapunov and Kenneth Brostrom.
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A$28.69
Wells Gray Sketches
by Bennett, Lloyd
Kamloops, BC, Canada: Lloyd Bennett, 2000. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bennett, Lloyd. 203pp w appendix. Ninety-seven colour reproductions of original works of art by the author, printed to the verso. Notes by the author for each painting printed to the recto. Red endpapers. Black cloth. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Full-wrap colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Oblong quarto: 236 x 310pp.
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A$74.61
Paul Kane's Frontier, including Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America
by Kane, Paul; Harper, J. Russell (ed); Amon Carter Museum of Western Art.; National Gallery of Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1971. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Kane, Paul. xviii, 350pp w appendices, bibliography and index. Sixty-eight colour plates collated to index, 205 indexed bw figures in text. Light grey endpapers. Dark blue cloth w bold gilt lettering to spine. Very light shelf wear. Joints and hinges sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean, showing shallow chipping to top back edge, head and tail, 3cm...
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Peinture religieuse
by germaine maillet
Bloud & Gay, 1933. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. Mildly but pleasantly even age toning of crisp text, second half uncut pages, in first half about ten pages underlined in pencil. Clean covers, sunned spine which has two stress lines (binding still strong). Of a print run of 620 copies this is copy "E" - Il a ete tire de cet ouvrage 20 exemplaires marques de A a T, hors commerce.
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A$30.30
